Apple has subpoenaed Valve in its ongoing lawsuit with Epic Games, demanding it provides huge amounts of commercial data about Steam sales and operations dating back several years, court filings have revealed (via PC Gamer). The subpoena was initiated by Apple in November 2020 under the argument that information about Valve’s digital distribution service, Steam, […]
Read MoreCorellium, a mobile device company that supports iOS, this week won a significant victory in its legal battle against Apple. Apple last year sued Corellium for copyright infringement because the Corellium software is designed to replicate iOS to allow security researchers to locate bugs and security flaws. According to The Washington Post, a Florida judge […]
Read MoreBack in 2008, Jay Freeman first released Cydia as an app store designed for the iPhone, offering apps a few months before Apple had its own App Store. Since then, Cydia has served as an app repository for jailbroken iPhones and iPads, making it easy to install unauthorized software on compatible devices. Now Cydia is […]
Read MoreAn EU consumer advocacy group has filed class-action lawsuits against Apple in both Belgium and Spain for “unfair and misleading commercial practices” related to the iPhone performance management system it introduced in iOS 10.2.1 without informing customers. Brought by Euroconsumers, which describes itself as the “world’s leading consumer cluster organization,” the suits allege that the […]
Read MoreAn antitrust lawsuit leveled at Apple by Blix Inc. has been dismissed by a federal judge, in what appears to be a major setback for developers accusing Apple of malpractice with its App Store (via Bloomberg). BlueMail was removed from the Mac App Store in June 2019 after Apple found the app to be in […]
Read MoreGoogle is facing another major challenge. No, the new Pixel phones don’t have new issues (none yet) but the US Justice Department has recently slapped the tech giant with an antitrust lawsuit. It’s been long-expected since there have been talks of antitrust behaviors. The allegations include behaviors of anticompetitive advertising and search monopoly. The department […]
Read MoreTimes are changing. This means some rules and policies need to change especially when it comes to technologies. Gadgets, platforms, and all kinds of tech come and go. For some markets, these products and services need some form of regulation when necessary. When it comes to the use of the Internet, the World Wide Web, […]
Read MoreApple and Epic Games do not want to have a jury trial in their ongoing legal dispute over Fortnite and Apple’s App Store policies, according to a filing submitted to the Northern California court handling the case today. The two companies said they have met and have agreed that both Epic’s claims and Apple’s counterclaims […]
Read MoreThe 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said Apple must pay over 12,000 retail workers in California for the time spent waiting for compulsory bag searches at the end of their shifts (via Reuters). A unanimous three-judge panel reversed a judge who had tossed the case and ordered him to enter summary judgment […]
Read MoreChinese-owned social media giant TikTok has been under immense pressure the past few months as the Trump administration continues to accuse it of collaborating with the Chinese government. President Donald Trump himself signed an executive order last August 6 that would ban the app from the U.S by mid-September, which they eventually extended to November […]
Read MoreAnother class-action complaint has been lodged against Apple, which claims that the company was aware of a MacBook Pro design flaw that caused some devices to have backlight display issues (via Apple Insider). The so-called “flexgate” problem was present in some MacBook Pro models manufactured between 2016 and 2017. The problem appears as dark patches […]
Read MoreThe United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today announced that it is launching an investigation to determine whether Apple’s mobile devices and Macs violate patents owned by Japanese consumer electronics company Maxell. [PDF] Maxell filed a complaint with the USITC on July 17, alleging that Apple’s mobile devices, tablets, smartwatches, and laptop computers violate patents […]
Read MoreApple needs to pay PanOptis $506 million for willfully infringing on a handful of patents related to 4G LTE technology, a Texas federal jury ruled today (via Law360). The jury said that Apple did not prove that PanOptis’ patent claims were invalid, resulting in the order to pay $506 million in royalties. PanOptis first levied […]
Read MoreGoogle Plus was formally discontinued last year. It was officially dead since April 2019. Those who were part of the platform before its end are said to be receiving an email update about a class-action lawsuit. Google has already settled the issue so don’t be surprised about any notice you may be receiving. The class-action […]
Read MoreGoogle may be planning for the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 but the tech giant may face a new challenge related to the Pixel line. A few months ago, we reported the company discontinuing Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3XL. We were told the products have been removed from its lineup on the Google Store […]
Read MoreWhen you browse the internet using the Incognito mode, do you really believe that Google is not tracking what you’re seeing? Well, apparently there are “millions” of Google users that do not believe that and are in fact wanting to hold the tech giant accountable for violating privacy laws. A class-action lawsuit has been filed […]
Read MoreU.S. federal judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers this week ruled that a class action lawsuit accusing Apple of fraudulently concealing weakening demand for iPhones between August 2017 and January 2019 can proceed in part, as reported by Reuters. In January 2019, Apple lowered its revenue guidance to $84 billion for the first quarter of its 2019 […]
Read MoreA proposed class action lawsuit in the U.S. has accused Google of violating federal wiretap laws by tracking the online activities of users when in Incognito mode. According to Reuters, the class action argues that by surreptitiously collecting information about what people view online and where they browse when they use Chrome’s private browsing mode, […]
Read MoreA lawsuit that accused Apple and M. Night Shyamalan of copying 2013 film “The Truth About Emanuel” for the “Servant” Apple TV+ series has been dismissed, reports Variety. A federal judge today threw out the copyright lawsuit, which had been levied against Apple and Shyamalan by director Francesca Gregorini, who claimed that “Servant” appropriated the […]
Read MoreApple has been involved in a long-running iPhone trademark dispute in Brazil, which was revived today by IGB Electronica, a Brazilian consumer electronics company that originally registered the “iPhone” name in 2000. IGB Electronica fought a multi-year battle with Apple in an attempt to get exclusive rights to the “iPhone” trademark, but ultimately lost, and […]
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